ቶማስ ወልድ
“የእስር ቤቱ አበሳ – በታላቁ ቤተ መንግስት (1966—1974)” በሚል ርዕስ በአበራ ጀምበሬ ከተፃፈው መፅሐፍ ላይ የተቀነጨበ ቶማስ ወልድ የኢትዮጲያዊ ስም ነው ወይስ የሌላ አገር ሰው? ያልተለመደ የስም አወጣጥ!! “ቶማስ” የኢትዮጲያም የሌላም አገር ሰው ስም ሊሆን ይችላል። ሥር መሠረቱም መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ…
Category: Books
Mischief of the Gods: Unsettling portrayals and patronizing narratives
Itushi Kawase, a Japanese researcher and anthropologist who studied Ethiopian music and Azmari culture for several years, focuses on portraying people living on the margins of society on the streets of Gondar town. His book, Mischief of the Gods: Tales…
የታ-ኒሂሲ ኮትስ አዲስ መጽሐፍ “መልዕክቱ”
የዝነኛው ናሽናል ቡክ አዋርድ አሸናፊ የሆነው አፍሪካ አሜሪካዊ ታ-ኒሂሲ ኮትስ በ2015 Between the World and Me በሚል ርዕስ ሥር ያሳተመውና በ2017 We Were Eight Years in Power (ለስምንት ዓመታት ያህል ስልጣን ላይ ነበርን) በሚል ርዕስ ያሳተመው ሌላ መጽሐፍ የባርነት አገዛዝና ‘ጂም ክሮው’ የተሰኘው…
New book chronicles the life of a veteran diplomat
In his memoir የዲፕሎማሲ ፋና (Yediplomasi Fana), Teruneh Zenna vividly describes the harrowing experience he spent detained at the Sendafa Police Training School in 1969 after participating in the “Land to the Tiller” demonstration. “When the police arrived, those of…
The Emperor’s triumphant return to Addis Ababa
A small, frail figure with a piercing gaze, Emperor Haile Selassie stood firm against the advance of Mussolini’s Fascist troops. As Italy invaded Ethiopia, the only independent black state to survive the scramble for Africa, the emperor rallied support for…
The Ethiopian Student Movement and the Revolution of 1974
In the reactions to several interviews I recently gave to different YouTube videos, I have witnessed a number of misunderstandings that need to be straightened out, with the exclusion, as one would expect, of the deliberate distortions coming from the…
The Armenians in Ethiopia (Part II)
As Boris Adjemian’s narration reveals, the Arba Arba Ledjotch (Forty Children), who became the first imperial brass band, were not the first Armenian presence in the country. Armenians had already been established in the royal court for many generations preceding…
The Armenians in Ethiopia
The story of the Arba Ledjotch l In 1924, a group of forty children who had survived the 1915 genocide perpetrated by Ottoman Turks and had formed a brass band at the Armenian monastery in Jerusalem were recruited and somewhat…
አስፋው ዳምጤ የመንግስቱ ለማ ስራዎችን በተመለከተ
በአንጋፋው ደራሲ ሃያሲና የኢኮኖሚ ባለሙያ አስፋው ዳምጤ የተሰናዳው “የአማርኛ ጥበበ ቃላት ቅኝት” የተሰኘ መፅሐፍ፣ ሐምሌ 2015 ላይ በሁሴን ከድር አሰናኝነት ታትሟል ፡፡ መፅሐፉ፤ የመቶ ዓመት የኢትዮጵያ ታሪክ የስነ ጽሁፍ ታሪክን የሚተነትን ሲሆን የሚከተለው ከመጽሐፉ የተወሰደ ነው ፡፡ “በ1950ዎች አዳዲስ ደራስያን መነሳታቸውንና…
Historian Bahru Zewde’s Journey Unveiled in a New Memoir
While Bahru Zewde was a third-year student at Haile Selassie University (now Addis Ababa University) in 1968, he took part in a demonstration that left a deep impression on him. The demonstration did not center around a domestic issue, but…